Have you ever wondered what springtime tastes like? Wanted to bottle up a perfect day and save it for later? We can teach you how!

Join us for a FREE foraging walk through the property at Mystic Farm & Distillery. Along the way, we’ll identify edible plants and add them to our jars which we’ll then turn into your very own personalized wild soda! This Wild Fermentation Foraged Sodas Walk + Workshop will conclude our Foragable Durham series started last fall.

Join the local-food educators from Piedmont Picnic Project for this two-hour hands-on wild history walk + picnic — great for folks interested in an introduction to foraging, looking to connect more closely to the Piedmont region of NC, and to learn the almost-magic secrets of wild fermentation!

Instructions on using wild fermentation to create sodas and other beverages & and your very own jar of future soda from plants you’ve picked on the Mystic Farm & Distillery property.

New drink experiences made with wild fermentation (and some Mystic spirits!) along with recipes for you to replicate the process at home.

This is the fourth and final in the Foragable Durhamseries of events and workshops at Mystic Farm & Distillery designed to teach important skills that connect you more with your local food community and environment! Foragable Durham is part of the Foragable Communities initiative.

We believe you’ll enjoy your food more if you know the story behind it! Here’s how we’ll each help you do that.

Piedmont Picnic Project seeks to connect people to their food through hands-on programming that builds skills and builds community. Learn how to produce your favorite food and drink while at the same time being rooted in the relevant history behind our local food traditions, people, and place.

Mystic Farm & Distillery is located in the heart of the Research Triangle on a 22-acre site. They transform local grains and botanicals into finely-crafted spirits, including bourbon liquour, bourbon, and gin.

Note: This workshop takes place rain or shine. The walk will include walking outside through some potentially uneven, forested, or grassy terrain. We recommend that you come dressed for the weather and for walking, including closed toe shoes and long pants, a hat/sunglasses/sunscreen and/or rain gear, and a water bottle.

Join Piedmont Picnic Project at Camden Street Learning Garden for this two-hour hands-on fermentation workshop — great for folks new to fermentation or others with more experience looking to pick up new techniques! We’ll use fresh veggies right out of the Camden Street Learning Garden to make salty, sour, pro-biotic-rich fermented vegetables – including sauerkraut, “kraut-chi,” and root veggies! Hear stories about southern ferments… is sauerkraut a southern tradition? Find out! Try samples in class and make and take a jar of your own to ferment at home! We’ll give you all the information you need to know and handouts to take with you.

We believe you’ll enjoy your food more if you know the story behind it! Here’s how we’ll each help you do that.

Elizabeth Weichel has a background in public history and specializes in local history. She’ll help us to remember the ways that everything old is new again – growing, preserving, and fermenting your own food might be trendy now, but it’s nothing new! Learn how it all fits into the larger story of our local history.

Amanda Matson has carved out her own little urban homestead right here in Raleigh – growing, foraging, preserving, and fermenting her own food all on a small lot in the city — working toward total fruit and veggie independence and a nearly all-local table. She’ll teach you all of the hands-on skills you need to have your own little taste of homestead life – whether it’s adding home-fermented goodies to your table or farming your entire yard!

Camden Street Learning Garden is a one-acre garden in downtown Raleigh run by the Interfaith Food Shuttle. The garden provides community members with the opportunity to cultivate new relationships as they find out where their food comes from, how to grow it, and how to turn it into healthy and affordable meals.

Note: This workshop takes place outdoors –please dress comfortably for the weather.

Want to preserve the taste of delicious spring berries to enjoy all year long?

Learn to make jelly and jam from spring berries and then preserve them using the simple water bath canning method! Take home a jar of berry jam you help make!

Join Piedmont Picnic Project at Raleigh City Farm for this two-hour hands-on preserving workshop — great for beginners looking for an introduction to preserving or those familiar with canning looking to learn to make a new preserve!

We’ll learn everything you need to know about turning spring berries into glossy, chunky jams or glowing jellies – the jewels of the pantry! You’ll get a thorough overview of the water-bath canning method – a way you can seal and keep jars of preserves on the shelf without needing special kitchen equipment. Enjoy samples of each of the products we learn about and take home your very own berry jam you help make in class. As we taste and try our hand at preserving on this farm in the city, we’ll also learn more about the history and traditions around preserving food in our local Raleigh community.

Skills you’ll learn:

How to make berry jams and jellies, including selecting fruit and other ingredients, choosing recipes, and processing your fruit.

The water bath canning method of preserving jars of jelly and jam to make them shelf stable without needing special kitchen eqipment – including selecting jars and other tools, the science of canning, and preserving safety.

What you’ll take away:

New knowledge and hands-on skills to preserve your own jams and jellies at home.

Recipes and instruction sheets to get you started on your preserving journey.

Lots of berry jam and jelly samples from class will go with you in your belly!

Your very own jar of berry jam you help make in class.

This workshop is the third in a monthly series of Piedmont Picnic workshops at Raleigh City Farm this spring designed to each teach an important skill for producing and preserving your own food!

About the instructors:

We believe you’ll enjoy your food more if you know the story behind it! Here’s how we’ll each help you do that.

Elizabeth Weichel has a background in public history and specializes in local history. She’ll help us to remember the ways that everything old is new again – growing, preserving, and fermenting your own food might be trendy now, but it’s nothing new! Learn how it all fits into the larger story of our local history.

Amanda Matson has carved out her own little urban homestead right here in Raleigh – growing, foraging, preserving, and fermenting her own food all on a small lot in the city — working toward total fruit and veggie independence and a nearly all-local table. She’ll teach you all of the hands-on skills you need to have your own little taste of homestead life – whether it’s adding home-preserved goodies to your table or farming your entire yard!

Note: This workshop takes place outdoors at the beautiful Raleigh City Farm – a working farm right in downtown Raleigh! Please dress comfortably for the weather.

Want to have a picnic BY the bees while you learn to plant a picnic FOR the bees?

Learn how to grow pollinator-friendly plants while helping to install a pollinator habitat at Mystic Farm & Distillery! Sample from a pollinator picnic where you can taste drinks and treats made from honey and flowers along with samples of Mystic spirits!

Join the local-food educators from Piedmont Picnic Project and the bee-loving expert of Apiopolis at Mystic Farm & Distillery for this two-hour hands-on pollinator gardening workshop and picnic — great for folks looking to learn new gardening skills, learn more about pollinator-friendly practices, or just taste and learn about food and drink you can make with honey and wildflowers! As we get our hands dirty and taste these goodies, we’ll also learn more about the history of bees & beekeeping and their importance in our world today.

What you’ll take away:

New knowledge and hands-on skills to grow pollinator plants along with seeds for pollinator-friendly plants to get you started at home.

New experiences of food and drink made with honey and wildflowers (and spirits!) as well as recipes for you to replicate the same treats on your own.

About the Partners:

We believe you’ll enjoy your food more if you know the story behind it! Here’s how we’ll each help you do that.

This workshop is the third in a four-part series of Foragable Durham events and workshops at Mystic Farm & Distillery designed to teach important skills that connect you more with your local food community and environment! Foragable Durham is a part of the Foragable Communities initiative.

Piedmont Picnic Projectseeks to connect people to their food through hands-on programming that builds skills and builds community. Learn how to produce your favorite food and drink while at the same time being rooted in the relevant history behind our local food traditions, people, and place.

Apiopolisis a non-profit urban bee sanctuary in Raleigh. Their mission is to improve the health and habitat of honeybees and native pollinators, and to form dynamic collaborations that promote the well being of our entire community in a holistic, inclusive, and joyful manner.

Mystic Farm & Distillery is located in the heart of the Research Triangle on a 22-acre site. They transform local grains and botanicals into finely crafted spirits, including bourbon liqueur, bourbon, and gin.

Note: This workshop takes place rain or shine. Weather-permitting, we will be outdoors working in the soil. Please dress comfortably for the weather and ready to get your hands dirty.

Want to enjoy the yummy tang and probiotic benefits of making your own cultured dairy products at home? Learn several simple techniques to have a continuous supply of healthy, tasty fermented dairy at home for just a portion of the cost of their store-bought versions!

Join Piedmont Picnic Project at Raleigh City Farm for this two-hour hands-on fermentation workshop — great for beginners looking for an introduction to fermentation or experienced fermenters looking to learn new methods! We’ll learn everything you need to know about milk kefir, buttermilk, crème fraîche, and cultured butter. Enjoy samples of each of the products we learn about and take home your very own milk kefir starter grains in a fermentation vessel to get you started fermenting at home. As we taste and try our hand at fermentation on this farm in the city, we’ll also learn more about the history and traditions around dairy in our local Raleigh community.

Skills you’ll learn:

The basics of fermentation, including how the process works, potential benefits, choosing a fermentation vessel, choosing ingredients, and creating the ideal environment for your ferment.

Recipes and instruction sheets to get you started on your fermentation journey.

Lots of fermented dairy samples from class will go with you in your belly!

Your very own fermentation vessel with milk kefir starter grains to grow your own milk kefir at home.

This workshop is the second in a monthly series of Piedmont Picnic workshops at Raleigh City Farm this spring designed to each teach an important skill for producing and preserving your own food!

About the instructors:

We believe you’ll enjoy your food more if you know the story behind it! Here’s how we’ll each help you do that.

Elizabeth Weichel has a background in public history and specializes in local history. She’ll help us to remember the ways that everything old is new again – growing, preserving, and fermenting your own food might be trendy now, but it’s nothing new! Learn how it all fits into the larger story of our local history.

Amanda Matson has carved out her own little urban homestead right here in Raleigh – growing, foraging, and preserving her own food all on a small lot in the city and working toward total fruit and veggie independence. She’ll teach you all of the hands-on skills you need to have your own little homestead – whether it’s the size of a single container garden or an entire yard! Note: This workshop takes place outdoors at the beautiful Raleigh City Farm – a working farm right in downtown Raleigh! Please dress comfortably for the weather.

Join Piedmont Picnic Project at Prairie Ridge for a hands-on “Eat the Invasives” workshop on March 30th, 9:30 AM – 12 PM. Remove invasive plants from the grounds of Prairie Ridge and learn to eat, drink, and pickle what you pick!

We’ll be targeting blackberry shoots and leaves in this workshop – that’s right – more than just the berries are edible! After removing the plants, we’ll teach you how to make pickled blackberry shoots and blackberry leaf tea. You can apply this same process to many other kinds of wild and domestic plants!

Enjoy a sampling of many kinds of wild pickles and wild tea. Take home your own jar of pickled blackberry shoots that you help make at the workshop as well as recipes to make your own wild pickles at home.

Bottomless Salad Gardening Workshop March 9

Want to grow a continuous supply of your very own fresh, nutritious, and tasty salad greens all spring long?

Learn how to plant once and harvest again and again! Take home a “salad bowl” upcycled container garden you planted yourself!

Join Piedmont Picnic Project at Raleigh City Farm for this two-hour hands-on gardening workshop — great for beginners looking to plant their first veggies or experienced gardeners looking to learn new methods! As we get our hands dirty on this farm in the city, we’ll also learn more about the history of how Raleighites have been growing their own food for generations.

Date And Time

Sat, March 9, 2019
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST

Location

Raleigh City Farm
800 North Blount Street
Raleigh, NC 27604

Skills you’ll learn:

Everything you need to know to start plants from seeds – in containers or straight into the ground.

What plants you can plant when this spring.

How to choose the right container, soil, and environment to match your plants.

What you need to turn an upcycled container into an attractive and functional pot for your plants.

How to grow spring salad greens using the “cut and come again” continuous growing method.

What you’ll take away:

New knowledge and hands-on skills to grow your own veggies at home.

A planting guide handout to know what to plant when.

Your very own upcycled container garden planted with salad greens to harvest all spring long.

This workshop is the first in a monthly series of Piedmont Picnic workshops at Raleigh City Farm this spring designed to each teach an important skill for producing and preserving your own food!

About the instructors:

We believe you’ll enjoy your food more if you know the story behind it! Here’s how we’ll each help you do that.

Elizabeth Weichel has a background in public history and specializes in local history. She’ll help us to remember the ways that everything old is new again – growing, preserving, and fermenting your own food might be trendy now, but it’s nothing new! Learn how it all fits into the larger story of our local history.

Amanda Matson has carved out her own little urban homestead right here in Raleigh – growing, foraging, and preserving her own food all on a small lot in the city and working toward total fruit and veggie independence. She’ll teach you all of the hands-on skills you need to have your own little homestead – whether it’s the size of a single container garden or an entire yard!

Note: This workshop takes place outdoors at the beautiful Raleigh City Farm – a working farm right in downtown Raleigh! Please dress comfortably for the weather and ready to get your hands dirty.

Is that a good bug or a bad bug for your garden? How do you attract more good bugs and why are they important?

Join Piedmont Picnic Project for a Good Bug, Bad Bug? workshop with special guest instructor, Alison Reeves of the NCSU Agroecology Education Farm on Thursday, April 26 at Raleigh City Farm! Learn all about garden bugs – pests, beneficials, and pollinators!

Learn to make sticky traps to catch bugs at home and take home seeds for pollinator-friendly plants!

Join Piedmont Picnic Project for this Strawberry Jam Workshop with guest instructors from Allis Farm on Saturday, May 5 at Raleigh City Farm! Learn to make your own strawberry jam from the season’s best fruit! Learn to can your jam using the water bath canning method.

Looking for a solid foundation in key gardening principles? Ever wondered about permaculture as a technique for your garden?

Join Piedmont Picnic Project for this Gardening Principles + Permaculture workshop with special guest instructors – Jeana Myers, Wake County Horticulture Extension Agent, and Will Hooker, professor emeritus NCSU Horticulture and local permaculture expert – to learn more at this workshop on Thursday, May 31 at Raleigh City Farm!

Join us for our Intro to Yogurt + Yogurt Cheese Making workshop at Raleigh City Farm on Saturday, November 11.

Interested in learning to make your own yogurt at home? Want to know how to make extra-thick Greek-style yogurt? How about how to turn your yogurt into creamy yogurt cheese or labneh? We’ve got you covered!

Information will cover how to make make yogurt at home with no special equipment and then turn it into Greek-style yogurt and labneh yogurt cheese. We’ll provide handouts and various samples of different variations on yogurt and yogurt cheese.

Join us for our Preserving Apples 3 Ways workshop at Raleigh City Farm on Saturday, October 14.

It’s apple season! Interested in learning to preserve the fall bounty of apples all year long?

We’ll show you three delicious ways and teach you the history behind these methods and some of your favorite apple varieties!

Information will cover how to preserve apples using the water bath canning method to make fruit butter and applesauce as well as the historical method of “snitzing”! Techniques generalize easily to other fruits! You will leave with a solid overview of how to use the water-bath canning method, handouts, and a jar of apple preserves that you help make!

Join us for our Fall into Winter Gardening Workshop at Raleigh City Farm on Thursday, September 28.

Wondering if gardening season is over now that fall has come? It’s not!

Stretch the harvest and get the most out of your garden by growing in all four seasons! Learn lessons from a time in history when stretching the harvest was critical – WWII victory gardens. Go home with everything you need to know to grow for fall and into winter, with a free planting guide, AND a fall veggie container garden to get you started.

We are able to provide tickets at this low rate thanks to the generosity of the Oakwood Garden Club.

Join us for our upcoming Intro to Veggie Fermentation Class at the Well Fed Community Garden!

We’ve all heard about the benefits of adding probiotic-rich fermented foods to our diets. Buying them at the store can get expensive, but how do you know how to make sure you’re safely getting the most out of these foods when making them at home? Fermentation can seem like a mysterious process, but we’ll make it easy for you and break it down step-by-step by:

Join us for an introduction to mead making! The Honeygirl Mead Maker will show you a step-by-step process for making small-batch meads. Along the way, Piedmont Picnic will teach you wild edible ingredients – like berries and flowers – to add to your mead batch and some boozy local history!

All participants will receive hands-on instruction and handouts to get them started on their mead-making journey at home!

You can choose to purchase a ticket with or without an introductory, small-batch mead-making kit.

Kit Included Option: You’ll take your kit and and a portion of the unfermented mead we make in class home with you to finish the fermentation process on your own! Kit includes 2, 32-oz swing-top bottles, 1 airlock with rubber stopper, siphoning cane and tubing.

Pick Up Later Option: You’ll leave your unfermented mead with Honeygirl’s Mead Maker to finish fermenting and pick up your bottle at a later date at the Meadery.

Join us for the next workshop of our spring Know Your Roots gardening series at Raleigh City Farm — Preparing the Summer Garden Workshop!

Afraid you’re too late to put in a summer garden? Already planted your summer veggies, but not interested in spending the summer’s hottest months weeding and watering? Had trouble keeping your garden thriving through the summer heat in the past?

This workshop is for you! We’ll guide you through everything you need to plant a summer garden and keep it going through the most brutal parts of the summer heat. We’ll send you home with a planting guide for June and a handout full of tips for a thriving summer garden.

Information will cover:-What you can still plant now for harvests THIS summer and how to plant them.-Strategies to conserve water in your garden and plant varieties that will resist drought and thrive in heat.-Local history about Raleigh’s plant and garden past!

We are able to provide tickets at this low rate thanks to the generosity of the Oakwood Garden Club.

Want to learn simple techniques to ferment your own dairy products at home? Are you curious about how to reap the benefits of fermented foods but not sure how to get started? Want to make gourmet pantry items without the cost of the store-bought alternative?

We’ll guide you through three of the simplest, most hands-off, and safest fermented dairy products to start with: kefir, crème fraîche, and buttermilk.

Saturday, May 6, 10 AM – 12 PMRaleigh City Farm (800 N Blount St.)

What to expect:Hear stories of Raleigh’s famous dairy history and how it affected what we drink today.Gain a thorough knowledge of some of the easiest dairy fermentation products to try yourself at home – including kefir, buttermilk, and creme fraiche!Take home handouts and your own kefir grains to start fermenting it yourself!

We are so excited to be able to use Carolina Farmhouse Dairy milk for this class! Check them out for a source of milk made from their farm’s friendly herd of Jersey cows grazed on a variety of grasses year-round and supplemented with organic, locally-milled feed.

This workshop is hosted outdoors on site at the lovely Raleigh City Farm in downtown Raleigh (800 N Blount St.).

Want to put in a garden bed without a lot of expense or hassle? Maybe you’re looking for simple raised bed plans or an easy way to create good garden soil?

We’ll show you how to do both and send you home with plans and a handout to get you started!

Information will cover:-How to construct a simple raised bed design using wood and galvanized metal. We’ll practice on site and send you home with plans.-How to create soil easily and inexpensively for any garden bed using the lasagna gardening method of soil creation. We’ll give you a handout to take home.-We’ll also show you how to plant finished beds with summer transplants and direct sow summer seeds.

Want to can your own preserves but not sure how to get started?Join us! We’ll guide you through two of the simplest and safest preserves to start with: jelly and pickles.

Saturday, April 8, 10 AM – 12 PMRaleigh City Farm (800 N Blount St.)

What to expect: We’ll tell you tales of the history of canning and of our local area along the way.You’ll have a chance to customize your own jar of pickles with spring veggies and spices to take home with you.You’ll get a full overview of the jelly-making process and how to make jelly with spring wildflowers.You’ll leave with a solid knowledge of the water bath canning method, detailed handouts, and a jar of preserves!

This workshop is hosted outdoors on site at the lovely Raleigh City Farm in downtown Raleigh (800 N Blount St.).

Interested in starting seeds indoors for your summer garden? Or maybe you’d like to start a container garden of spring veggies that can go straight outside? We’ll show you how to do both and send you home with the starter package of your choice!

We’ll cover how and when to start your seeds indoors versus outdoors for summer versus spring crops. We’ll provide a planting guide for the month of April for you to take home. You can choose to plant and take home a starter kit of your choosing: the salad patch kit to put out this spring or the pizza garden kit to start inside now and plant out this summer.

Tickets provided at a discounted rate thanks to the generosity of the Oakwood Garden Club.

We’ve all heard about the benefits of adding probiotic-rich fermented foods to our diets. Buying them at the store can get expensive, but how do you know how to make sure you’re safely getting the most out of these foods when making them at home? Fermentation can seem like a mysterious process, but we’ll make it easy for you and break it down step-by-step by:

Can’t get enough citrus this winter? Want to preserve that peak citrus flavor to enjoy all year long? Ever wondered how to reinvent citrus into new preserves and liqueurs?

Join us at Ramble Supply Co for our upcoming workshop on preserving citrus! Learn three techniques to preserve citrus at its peak to enjoy all year long: (1) infused liqueurs, (2) marmalade, and (3) candied peels! We’ll also throw in several more bonus techniques for reinventing your citrus peels into useful or tasty new things.

What you can expect:

Learn:

In-depth instructions for how to transform citrus peels into liqueurs, marmalade, and candied peels.

Fun history behind citrus fruits and the things that can be made out of them.

Taste:

At least 3 different ways to preserve citrus, including one complimentary cocktail made with our citrus liqueur!

It’s apple season! Join us for our November workshop in our Fall Class Series at Raleigh City Farm – Apples 3 Ways: Preserving Workshop! Interested in learning to preserve the fall bounty of apples all year long? We’ll show you three delicious ways and teach you the history behind these methods and some of your favorite apple varieties!

Information will cover how to preserve apples three different ways — including “snitzing”! Techniques generalize easily to other fruits! You will leave with a solid overview of how to use the water-bath canning method. We’ll send you home with a jar of apple preserves that you help make!

Pollinators in the Piedmont: Fall for the Bees | Raleigh City Farm | Wednesday, September 28, 6-7:30 PM

Join us at Raleigh City Farm for FREE programs one Wednesday per month on the importance of pollinators, how they help us, and how we can help them. Each program followed by light picnics of honey & flower delights as well as occasional take-homes.

This month, we’ll have a mother-daughter #entomologist team joining us to tell us more about how we can help bees prepare for winter this fall!

Ellen Reeves has a degree in entomology from University of Kentucky and Allison Reeves has one from Virginia Tech. Ellen is a retired technician in the Ncsu Department of Entomology, and Allison manages the NCSU Agroecology Education Farm. They also keep two hobby hives. Can’t wait to hear what they have to tell us!

This program is made possible thanks to the generous support of Burt’s Bees Greater Good Foundation!

Stretch the harvest and get the most out of your garden by growing in all four seasons! Learn lessons from a time in history when stretching the harvest was critical – WWII victory gardens. Go home with everything you need to know to grow for fall and into winter AND with a free September planting guide and container garden to get you started.

Be sure to check out the Raleigh City Farm Stand (open 9-12) before you go!

For August’s Second Saturday, we will harness the magic that’s growing in your summer garden or overflowing the farmer’s market tables!

Learn how to preserve all this yummy produce so you can continue tasting these sweet days of summer all year long! We’ll guide you through step-by-step and send you home with your own bit of “summer in a jar!”

Pollinators in the Piedmont: Drink like the Bees: An Intro to Mead | Raleigh City Farm | Wednesday, July 20, 6-7:30 PM

It doesn’t get better than a mead tasting with Honeygirl Meadery! Come drink like the bees with us at our FREE monthly Pollinators in the Piedmont workshop series at Raleigh City Farm. Honeygirl will provide a mead tasting and an overview of the importance of bees in the work they do. Program made possible by Honeygirl Meadery and Burt’s Bees Greater Good Foundation! 🐝🍯🐝#BringBackTheBees

Interested in learning to make your own yogurt at home? Want to know how to make extra-thick Greek-style yogurt? How about how to turn your yogurt into creamy yogurt cheese – labneh? We’ve got you covered!

Information will cover how to make make yogurt at home with no special equipment and then turn it into Greek-style yogurt or labneh yogurt cheese. We’ll provide a variety of mix-ins for you to choose from to make your very own ball of yogurt cheese to take home with you.

The ABeeCs of the Pollinator Perimeter | Raleigh City Farm | May 25, 6-7:30 PM

Interested in learning to make and preserve your own pickles? Want to know which spring wild or home-grown veggies make the best pickles? Either way, we’ve got you covered!

Information will cover how to make pickles out of wild or cultivated local veggies. Techniques generalize easily to pickles made from a variety of vegetables! You will leave with a solid overview of how to preserve your pickles using the water-bath canning method. We’ll send you home with a jar of pickles of your choosing that you help make!

Interested in learning to make and preserve syrups and jellies? Want to know which wild or home-grown flowers you can actually eat and what to do with them? Either way, we’ve got you covered!

Information will cover how to make syrups and jellies out of edible flowers. Techniques generalize easily to herbs or fruit! You will leave with a solid overview of how to preserve your jelly using the water-bath canning method. We’ll send you home with a jar of jelly or syrup of your choosing that you help make!

Inside-Out Gardening Workshop | Raleigh City Farm | Saturday, March 5, 9-11 AMWe hosted the first of our Spring Class Series at Raleigh City Farm – an Inside-Out Gardening Workshop! Interested in starting seeds indoors for your summer garden? Or maybe you’d like to start a container garden of spring veggies that can go straight outside? We showed you how to do both and sent you home with the starter package of your choice!

Information covered how and when to start your seeds indoors versus outdoors for summer versus spring crops. We provided a planting guide for the month of March for you to take home. You could choose to plant and take home a starter kit of your choosing: the salad patch kit to put out this spring or the pizza garden kit to start inside now and plant out this summer.

Looking for that magic elixir to help you live eternal? Or maybe just a little something to help you be healthier in the New Year? We have a couple of elixirs chock-full of beneficial probiotics that will get you started on your path to health in 2016.

Join Piedmont Picnic Project at Ramble Supply Co for our upcoming workshop on fermented sodas! Learn two techniques for fermenting your own sodas at home: (1) fermenting using a kombucha SCOBY which we will provide, and (2) fermenting by growing your own ginger bug.

Learn how to ferment your own vegetables at home! Hear stories about southern ferments… is sauerkraut a southern tradition? Find out! We’ll use fresh farm fall veggies to make salty, sour, pro-biotic-rich fermented vegetables. Leave with a jar of your own to let ferment at home!

Learn some of the easiest dairy fermentation products to try yourself at home – including kefir, buttermilk, and crème fraîche! Receive kefir grains to take with you to try fermenting it yourself at home. Hear stories of Raleigh’s famous dairy history and how it affected what we drink today. Enjoy smoothies made from kefir and fresh farm fall veggies while you learn.

Learn about what plants to include in your fall garden and when and how to plant them. Receive a free planting guide for the month of September. Hear stories of historical vegetable growing practices. Enjoy fresh juice from end-of-summer produce while you garden! Recovering from Hopscotch the night before? We’ve got just the thing…

Lasagna Gardening 101 – FREE Demo! | January 2015 | Raleigh

Piedmont Picnic Project hosted a free demo on Lasagna Gardening at a local residence in Raleigh. See full gallery HERE.

Piedmont Picnic co-founder Elizabeth offered up her lawn as a blank slate for a new lasagna gardening workshop! This FREE Demo on Lasagna Gardening offered a no-digging, no-weeding solution to your winter garden woes! Starting a lasagna garden in winter means it will be ready for you to plant this spring!

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